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2005-2006 - Susan Aiello and Charlie Helman

2005-2006 Volunteers of the Year - Susan Aiello and Charlie Helman

2005-2006 Volunteers of the Year - Susan Aiello and Charlie Helman

By Rich Sensenbach, Chapter Chair

This year we are recognizing to two deserving individuals as the
Volunteers of the Year. Both very deserving and both for entirely
different reasons with a single common factor; the time and efforts they
have given to our chapter.

Our first volunteer, Susan Aiello, has spent countless hours working
primarily behind the scenes. She has spent hours and hours at meetings,
planning sessions, traveling and promoting the Adirondack Mountain Club as a
member of the chapter Executive Committee, Nominating Committee and
Conservation Committee. She has also been Co-chair of the Membership Committee,
Co-chair of the Programs Committee as well as served as an alternate Director
on the main club's Board of Directors. While doing all this; she also managed
to be part of the team that created our chapter's award winning basket for the
club's Midnight Madness Fundraiser. I would like to thank Susan for all the
work she has done for both our chapter and the main club!

Our second volunteer, Charlie Helman, probably put in as much time as
Susan but under very different circumstances. Many of you heard my constant
pleas for help in organizing the Outdoor Expo last year. What you may not have
realized was that it was looking like it would have to be canceled. Over half
of the organizing committee was forced by uncontrollable events to have to
resign part way through the process. Our Charlie stepped forward to take over
as Expo chairman, put on multiple hats, and keep Expo going. That, in addition
to the work he was already doing as Co-chair of Waterways Committee, the
Executive Committee as well as the person responsible for organizing the water
events at the Expo. Charlie, thank you for stepping up and saving the Expo!

Without volunteers like these, we could not continue to be one of the
largest and most active of all club's chapters! On behalf of the entire Genesee
Valley Chapter; thank you!

The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) is dedicated to the protection and responsible
recreational use of the New York State Forest Preserve, and other parks, wild
lands, and waters vital to our members and chapters. The Club, founded in 1922,
is a member-directed organization committed to public service and stewardship.
ADK employs a balanced approach to outdoor recreation, advocacy, environmental
education, and natural resource conservation.